A total of forty-two people were pressed to the ground by the leaders of the four great families and the six great landlords, as well as their henchmen.

More than 5,700 people in the audience watched this scene one by one, and thousands of soldiers with swords and bows around the school field were eyeing each other, and no one dared to be presumptuous at this time.

The example of more than 200 people being rectified on the spot is still there, and no one wants to die.

"These forty-two people did not participate in the drill three times or five times, arrived late and left early, violated military discipline, and disobeyed military orders, they thought that they were the powerful clansmen of the four great families and the six great landlords, and the captain of Bendu would not dare to kill them.

After Qin Feng finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved down: "Slash!" ”

The leaders of the four great families and the six great landlords scolded one by one, some were afraid of death and begged for mercy, and some were so frightened that they collapsed directly to the ground.

The knife and axe hand slashed with a swing of the knife, and one by one the heads rolled to the ground, and the blood stained the general's platform.

If it is said that more than 200 people were killed before, it has not completely frightened the more than 5,700 people in the audience, and this time the cronies of the four great families and the six major landlords and powerful people were beheaded, which really made these people awe-inspired, and they had no other thoughts.

After the twelve people were beheaded, Qin Feng didn't let people clean it up, and said loudly: "I don't care which family you are from, who are your cronies, from today on, you have nothing to do with the four great families and the six great landlords, and you are just soldiers under my command!" ”

"Except for me, you don't need to listen to the orders of the four great families and the six great landlords, nor do you have to obey the orders of anyone except me!"

"I declare that from today onwards, all those who serve in the army under my command, regardless of whether they are generals or non-commissioned officers, will have a monthly military salary, and this month's military salary will be paid now! Come on, bring up this month's military salary! ”

Under Qin Feng's order, every two soldiers carried a basket containing five baht coins to the stage.

When these baskets full of five baht coins were placed in front of these people, everyone's faces and hearts changed.

Qin Feng knows very well that although money can't solve everything, many times money can solve many problems.

Although he has put forward a political program and purpose, it is only used to attract talents, and it is useless to use that set to coax these small soldiers, for these low-level small soldiers, only if they can eat enough and have money to make them work hard!

In this era, there is no such thing as military salaries, and there is no money for soldiers, and the princes only pay for settling-in at the beginning when recruiting people, which is the so-called life money!

Qin Feng proposed to pay a military salary every month, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

When the five-baht coins were actually distributed to these people, they knew that this was not a dream, and for a while the soldiers returned to their hearts.

Yang Hong, who was standing on the side of the school, kept smiling with his long beard, "The lord first gave them a whip, and now he gave them a sweet date, it seems that the lord knows this well, very good, very good!" ”

Yan Xiang has a sad face, he is the master, he is in charge of the money, grain and material accounts, I don't know how much money is spent in less than half a month, and the money sent by the four great families and the six major landlords has been scattered by Qin Feng with a big hand at this moment.

"Yang Changshi, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, or you will be in charge of the money and grain?" Yan Xiang said as he handed a large account book to Yang Hong.

Yang Hong hurriedly waved his hand: "I can't do this job!" ”

After these soldiers and horses were subdued, Qin Feng was busy training his troops, and he had to find time to practice qi, martial arts, and sword skills, and he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground every day.

Before coming to Runan, he had 3,000 men, and after conquering the twelve counties of Runan, he recruited 5,000 recruits during this period, captured and incorporated 2,000 men and horses of Zhai Palace, Jianggong and Shen Cheng, and now has subdued more than 5,700 private soldiers sent by the four great families and the six major landlords.

Not counting the county soldiers in each county, his men and horses have reached 16,000, and if you count the county soldiers, it is 20,000 smaller.

Before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Runan County was the second most populous county in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, with a population of 2.1 million, second only to Nanyang County with 2.43 million.

But at this time, the population of Runan County was less than 500,000, and Nanyang County was even worse by Yuan Shu and Zhang Xiu.

For Qin Feng, who has 20,000 soldiers and horses, this is a very big force.

It was not easy to feed 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it was necessary to prepare ordnance, grain and grass, and pay them military salaries, and the logistical pressure was quite great, but at this time, it was possible to extort money from the hands of the major families and landlords in Runan.

On this day, Qin Feng listened to Juniper's report on the drill of soldiers and horses in the hall of Xincai County.

"Now our army has added 400 people in addition to the original 600 cavalry, which is enough for 1,000 Qiqi, and the other 2,000 people have all been sent down to serve as army commanders, even chiefs, and tun chiefs.

"These horses have been training for more than a month, and they were a little stumbling at first, but now they are on the right track, as long as they take time, they will be able to train into a powerful soldier and horse!"

After hearing this, Qin Feng nodded and asked, "Did those county soldiers conduct drills?" ”

Juniper hesitated: "This······ No, these people are already perennial oilers, even if they practice, it is useless, once there is a war, these people will definitely run the fastest, once the official army comes to attack the city, they will definitely defect! ”

Qin Feng was about to speak, when a guard walked in and reported: "Captain Qiyu, Yuan Li asks to see you!" ”

"Oh? What did he do? Go and invite him in! ”

"No!"

Juniper reminded: "Captain, it's been a month since we killed the person they sent to lead the troops, Yuan Li must have received the news, I'm afraid that he came to Xingshi to ask for the guilt!" ”

Qin Feng touched his chin: "His reaction is too slow, it's been a month, and he knows that those people have been dealt with by me!" I'm here to deal with him about this matter, go and train the soldiers, and urge the soldiers, don't let them be lazy! ”

"Humble resignation!"

As soon as Juniper walked out, Yuan Li walked in angrily and shouted at Qin Feng: "Qin Wuyi, you keep saying that you have formed an alliance with our Runan family and landlords to fight against Cao Cao, and you also asked us for money, food, and people, and we sent money, food, and people and horses, and you turned around and stabbed you in the back, what does this mean?" ”

Qin Feng pretended to be confused, "Why is Gong Yuan so angry?" If you make things clear, I may understand." ”

Yuan Li was angry, "Okay, but you killed all the people we sent to lead the troops?" ”

Qin Feng pretended to suddenly realize, "It turns out that Yuan Gong is talking about this?" Yes, I did kill all of them! ”

"Why do you want to kill them? I see that you just think too much about the military power of these 6,000 people! ”

Qin Feng said: "Does Duke Yuan know who Sun Wu is?" ”

Yuan Li laughed angrily, "Didn't you deceive me that I hadn't read?" Sun Wu is a soldier saint, who in the world doesn't know? ”

Qin Feng nodded and said: "At the beginning, King Wu worshiped Sun Wu as a general, and Sun Wu was a Ming military law, strict military discipline, and authority, and asked King Wu for concubines to practice military formations, and successively beheaded two concubines who did not obey orders, so that all the soldiers were solemn and did not dare to listen to orders again!" ”

"Yuan Gong, our purpose is the same, that is, to make trouble for Cao Cao, those people you sent to lead the troops did not do their business all day long, but took the lead in violating military discipline and disobeying orders, if I don't kill them, these 6,000 men and horses will have no way to practice at all, I am afraid that Cao Cao's men and horses will kill them, and they will be scattered if they are pulled into the battlefield!" In this way, Yuan Gong knows why I want to kill them, right? ”

Knowing that Qin Feng was quibbling, he was making excuses to take away the military power of these six thousand people, but Yuan Li couldn't think of anything to refute it.

But he said, "Even so, you should say hello to us first, right?" Thou hast cut people off without a word, and where hast thou put me? ”

Qin Feng shook his head: "It is a little unreasonable for Yuan Gong to say this, if I tell you at this time, can these people still be killed?" If I don't kill these people, how can I establish authority in the army? How to clarify military law and strict military discipline? ”

"Yuan Gong, you have to take a long-term view, everything must focus on the overall situation, don't worry about these little things all day long! The top priority is that I need time to train these people into an elite army, which will take three months to half a year! I heard that there is already movement on Li Tong's side, and I hope that Yuan Gong will bother more, don't let our plans and hard work go to waste! ”

Yuan Li snorted coldly: "Hmph, the old man has known about this matter and made arrangements, and the old man dares to guarantee that Li Tong will not be able to pull it out for at least two months!" ”

"There is another matter, I received my letter at the beginning, and decided to send another cadre to Runan to act separately with us, and then this person will attack Xudu with you!"

Qin Feng was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know who the general sent to Runan to make trouble with me?" ”

"The old man doesn't know very well, but you will know when the time comes!"

Sending Yuan Li away, Qin Feng touched his chin, thinking that it wouldn't be Liu Da'er who was sent by Yuan Shao, right? Counting the time, Liu Daer should also have come to Runan in the last few months.

While thinking about it, I suddenly heard the sound of the piano coming from the backyard, and the sound of the piano seemed to have a sense of grief and annoyance.

"This woman ······" Qin Feng shook his head.

He thought about it for a moment, sent someone to cut a bamboo and oilcloth, and found tools to make a plaything.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Qiao was leaning in front of the window and watching the bees flying outside the window, when he found that Qin Feng didn't know when he had walked to his side, he couldn't help asking.

Qin Feng said: "I've been busy training these days, and today I happen to have nothing to do, so I'll take you to a place!" ”

"Where to go?" Little Joe asked.

"You'll know when you go, keep what you like, go!" After Qin Feng finished speaking, he took Xiao Qiao's hand and walked out.

"Let go, let go!" Xiao Qiao hurriedly struggled, but he couldn't break free.

Outside the county office, a carriage had been waiting for a long time, and there were dozens of knight guards beside it.

"Here, get in the car!"